Car names: Past, present... & future
Discussion
There used to be some great car names... but a lot now, just seem to be made up 'gobblygook'.
(Or to Evoke a certain state of mind)
The brain storming meetings & multi millions that must be invested in coming up with these obscure names
I just wonder what the future holds...
(Or to Evoke a certain state of mind)
The brain storming meetings & multi millions that must be invested in coming up with these obscure names
I just wonder what the future holds...
Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 30th July 14:10
I'm all in favour of the random gobbledygook. The similarity between the naff names given to a lot of performance cars and names given to certain types of marital aid (apparently) - "Black Mamba Thunder Scat Dominator" - can cause misunderstandings. I'd be more self-conscious telling someone I had a car with a name like that than I would be disclosing ownership of a similarly named, er, massager.
I'm sure this would appeal to a wider audience if it was called a Bongo Friendee Marshmallow Edition
I'm sure this would appeal to a wider audience if it was called a Bongo Friendee Marshmallow Edition
Rumdoodle said:
I'm all in favour of the random gobbledygook. The similarity between the naff names given to a lot of performance cars and names given to certain types of marital aid (apparently) - "Black Mamba Thunder Scat Dominator" - can cause misunderstandings. I'd be more self-conscious telling someone I had a car with a name like that than I would be disclosing ownership of a similarly named, er, massager.
I'm sure this would appeal to a wider audience if it was called a Bongo Friendee Marshmallow Edition
Deepthroat...aww!, that noise.I'm sure this would appeal to a wider audience if it was called a Bongo Friendee Marshmallow Edition
(Well, VW used 'Rabbit')
Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 30th July 13:37
Ford aren't helping by recycling old names. They now do 2 different Mustangs that are about as different as you can get in a car, and the Puma and Capri names are back but nothing like the old ones. Mind you I suppose the same can be said for the Defender. At least the new Frontera and Renault 5 could be seen as electric evolutions of the original ones.
I think when you have a larger range of models the BMW / Merc / Audi route makes sense as mentioned above individual naming can get a little bit lost.
But then companies with less model offerings I think is nicer to have cooler names like Valhalla, Vantage, Wraith, Flying Spur etc.
Are some oddities these days though - 'bigster' comes to mind
But then companies with less model offerings I think is nicer to have cooler names like Valhalla, Vantage, Wraith, Flying Spur etc.
Are some oddities these days though - 'bigster' comes to mind
LarJammer said:
Can you name every VW or Seat currently on sale? Me neither, they are all utterly forgettable names too. But I know every Tesla. Elon it seems is a genius.
I think most people would have difficulty naming (and spelling) Volkswagen's numerous crossovers / SUVs which all start with the letter T.O/T I had no idea that the T-Roc Cabriolet was still available. I wonder how many get sold each year?
Milkyway said:
Rumdoodle said:
I'm all in favour of the random gobbledygook. The similarity between the naff names given to a lot of performance cars and names given to certain types of marital aid (apparently) - "Black Mamba Thunder Scat Dominator" - can cause misunderstandings. I'd be more self-conscious telling someone I had a car with a name like that than I would be disclosing ownership of a similarly named, er, massager.
I'm sure this would appeal to a wider audience if it was called a Bongo Friendee Marshmallow Edition
Deepthroat...aww!, that noise.I'm sure this would appeal to a wider audience if it was called a Bongo Friendee Marshmallow Edition
(Well, VW used 'Rabbit')
Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 30th July 13:37
RizzoTheRat said:
Ford aren't helping by recycling old names. They now do 2 different Mustangs that are about as different as you can get in a car, and the Puma and Capri names are back but nothing like the old ones. Mind you I suppose the same can be said for the Defender. At least the new Frontera and Renault 5 could be seen as electric evolutions of the original ones.
Midget... that would cause uproar now.
Milkyway said:
The brain storming meetings & multi millions that must be invested in coming up with these obscure names
I just wonder what the future holds...
I've wondered before what will Aston Martin do when they run out of cool "V"s.I just wonder what the future holds...
Volante
Vantage
Valour
Valhalla
Valkyrie
Vanquish
Virage
Vulcan...
Do they sit down once a year and get the dictionary out?
It is becoming somewhat harder, as one had to progressively register the trademarks in more countries (names need to be available) and ensure they work in more languages (btw. Ford's Kuga means boubonic plague in some languages). At the same time the letter and number combinations aren't easy to attach emotions to, unless you stick to them for a long time - they often get a legendary status in spite of, rather than because of the name 
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